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Naparima College continued to build on their statement win from round one of the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, with a 3-1 come from behind win over Arima North Secondary at the Arima Velodrome today. The result saw “Naps” stay perfect on top of the table, although Presentation …

Seventeen-year-old former Arima North Secondary football Kimani Dyer was shot dead this morning off Demerara Road in Arima. Dyer and Keeshawn Edwards were both killed while a third colleague, Jaden Singh, was also shot. Dyer, who was from a poor family and lived in Mt Zion off Pinto Road, Arima, …

“[…] Why, in the aftermath of each young life lost, does the immediate response so often centre on government coffers as the primary answer? “[…] Successful grassroots initiatives demonstrate that, with the right support and management, community-led programmes can make a real difference…” In the following Letter to the Editor, …

“[…] The government must do more than offer condolences. It must fund, support, and scale the grassroots programmes already working. “It must empower community leaders like Uncle Keron, coaches like Wayne Sheppard, and academies like Arima Araucans and Trendsetter Hawks who are giving these boys structure, purpose, and belief. “These …

“[…] Zwade Alleyne’s passing follows a senseless act of violence that has left us all grieving, outraged, and searching for answers… We mourn the loss of a young soul taken far too soon…” The following press statement on the death of 17-year-old Arima North Secondary student Zwade Alleyne was submitted …

Seventeen-year-old Arima North Secondary form five student Zwade Alleyne died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope, today. Alleyne did not recover from his injuries after being shot in the head outside of his apartment in Building 12, Maloney, by an unidentified gunman last Saturday. The gunman remains …

The Ministry of Education has taken the initiative of re-registering form five Arima North Secondary student Zwade Alleyne to complete his Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in May/ June 2026, at no additional cost to his family. The 17-year-old Alleyne was shot in his head while he limed with …

Arima North Secondary student and footballer Zwade Alleyne is in critical condition after being shot in the head outside of his home in Maloney last night. Alleyne, who helped Maloney Real Footballers Academy into the Trinidad quarterfinal round of the 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) East Under-17 …

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela, May 1995. Ezekiel Ramdialsingh’s murder on 15 April received wide coverage in our newspapers. One even had it as a front-page story. But the description given to him was “an aspiring …

The Arima North Secondary football programme is in mourning after the murder of former standout defender and 2023 East Intercol winner Ezekiel Ramdialsingh. Ramdialsingh, a Manuel Congo resident who graduated from Arima North in June 2024, was gunned down in La Horquetta last night. He was 17 years old. Unconfirmed …

The historical overview A Short History of Santa Rosa De Arima by Jean Patricia Elie states: “[…] Arima was effectively Indian Territory. For most of the 16th and 17th centuries, the district of Arima was the home of the Nepuyo, whose active resistance to Spanish Rule effectively limited Spanish attempts …

Signal Hill Secondary jumped two places to eighth spot in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standings yesterday as they defeated Arima North Secondary 3-1 in their rescheduled fixture in Signal Hill, Tobago. Forward Kyle James came off the bench to score the winner for Signal Hill, who …